S. to purchase property or invest into any thing in Cuba, the exporting of U.S. goods excluding food and medicine, any one from Cuba making business deal with U.S. owned subsidiaries in foreign countries, and tourism (Tamayo "U.S. Farmers" 7). .
If the embargo with Cuba were to be dropped, there would be quite a few benefits to both the U.S. and Cuba as a result of that. One of the front running prospects would be trade, which from the signs of things would be a great asset the States. The sale of rice is projected to do well if the U.S. and Cuba engage in trade, as shown by the Cuban peoples strong liking for the long grain rice manufactured by U.S. farmers (Tamayo "No Sure Profit" 2). Not only would the demand of rice be great, but the shipments could easily be transferred to Cuba by way of ports in the Gulf of Mexico (Tamayo "No Sure Profit" 2). The profit of these sales would be quite desirable as well, as it is estimated that fifty thousand metric tons of the long grain rice that is grown in the U.S. would sell for about $20 million (Tamayo "U.S. Farmers" 1). The hope is that the Cubans will see that they too can get the rice that not only they enjoy, .
but the rice that Americans possess, and buy a good amount of that luxury, therefore making great trade dollars (Tamayo "U.S. Farmers" 1). Medicine would be another main staple of trade with Cuba because of its already established trade with Cuba thanks to the leeway in the embargo. An extended version of the trade of medicine now would help the Cuban people greatly and build trust and support from them, for the starving and sick would be aided and the Catholic Church would no longer have to worry about being the stand alone haven for these people (Atlas 5). That being said, if the embargo was lifted, there would be a lot of room for exposing the people of Cuba to democracy and the many perks of it, hopefully in the long run steering Cuba towards a more modern and fair government, as opposed to communism (Marquis 2).
